Hey everyone! Happy Teaser Tuesday!!
I felt like amping up some excitement for Chosen as it gets closer to June (which is when I'm planning on releasing Chosen but my schedule always gets thrown off by something...let's hope I can stay on track!).
Today's teaser sure is a...tease. I wasn't sure what to first release but I thought this was good. It was also on Have Book Will Read's blog a few weeks back but in case you all didn't see it, here is the excerpt I released!
ENJOY!
Cole, in all his confidence, stared honestly at me. His features were gentle and like I was dumbstruck, I didn’t know what to say. Seeing that I was frozen, Cole took slow deliberate steps towards me and I wrapped my hands around the swing-set ropes so tightly that my knuckles were turning white with my grip. Stepping into the well-worn hole in the earth from years of people kicking off the ground to swing, he came closer until our knees were pressed together and I could feel the tips of his shoes against my boots. I suddenly stood to move away but he then wrapped his hands over mine, his skin was warm and like it transferred heat, my body suddenly felt like it was rising in temperature. I was trapped in by him and the minimal space between us was making me crazy. I glanced up at him and he leaned his head closer to mine, my heart was out of control in my chest.
I should be stopping this. I should have shoved him away and let loose a string of profanities at him for thinking that I would kiss him. I should have done a lot of things, but I didn’t. Swallowing down the insanity of nerves raging in my body, Cole’s eyes watched the movement of my throat until they slowly trailed up my neck and to my lips. Images from last night when he had been this close suddenly forced themselves to the front of my mind. Both of us on the floor, watching one another with hungry eyes, and yet distance still separated us. I would have done anything to twine my fingers in his thick brown hair and pull him tight against my body and never let go of his mouth. A shaky breath escaped my lungs at the thought and I started to realize how crazy he made me feel, especially at this proximity. The desire to kiss him overwhelmed my senses and I caught myself unintentionally wetting my lower lip with the tip of my tongue. Just a taste…I thought.
Cole was the one to swallow this time when he saw my tongue stealthily sweep out over my parted lips. It was like I was beckoning him closer and I could see him slowly giving into temptation in his raw stare. Slowly, his hands ran up my arms, leaving chills across my skin at the heat brewing in my body, igniting my impatience to have him in my arms. Even though we were outside, the air did nothing to cool the electric feeling between us. It was like I had become the sun and he was my sky, enveloping me until the universe had become just him and just me.
The tips of his fingers gently caressed my neck, sending faint tickles down my spine. He inched closer and closer until he stopped, just a breath away, our eyes not leaving the others. As the end of his nose brushed the tip of mine, my eyes fluttered shut, anticipating his touch.
WOOHOO!! Well, I hope you enjoyed that! Meanwhile I am going to return to writing! Cheers!
All right, so obviously I forgot to mention what the big surprise was yesterday. I am such a slacker lately. Anyway, as you saw, yesterday was Cece's birthday! (She's from the Flightless Bird series). Yes, I am one of those people who celebrates their characters birthdays...
In honor of her little birthday bash this was the surprise I was going to reveal, if the post title hasn't already given it away...
FLIGHTLESS BIRD IS ON SALE FOR $0.99 UNTIL FRIDAY!!!
That's right folks, the book that started it all is on sale till Friday! That means 3 days that it will only be 99 pennies. Spread the word, give a shout-out, send some tweets, share the love. :-)
Links to the sale: Amazon Barnes and Noble
Tomorrow I have another surprise...the sequel Broken Wings will be only $0.99!! Can you believe it? Neither can I. (ha, ha, love Wednesday morning sarcasm). Then Friday Fair Feathered will be $0.99!!!! Can you talk about a week of sales?! Share the love for the Flightless Bird series!!
Then I also have a little last surprise up my sleeve....which will be announced most likely next Tuesday because it will be Teaser Tuesday...hmmm....I wonder what that means!
It is also National Poetry Month! I hope some of you have embraced the literary world and have gone to some live poetry readings, listened to some slam or spoken word poetry, or have even written some of your own poems! I always like to encourage literary creativity that is apart from fiction too. Embrace your inner poets people!
Go forth and conquer today with awesome, spread smiles, and high-five your friends. Make it a good day.
Um...what the hell. March is already over? See how long I've been locked in my writing cave? Yeah...long enough to let a whole month pass without blogging except when I interviewed Gabriel. Which by the way was an awesome and hilarious interview. Loved it.
Meanwhile I've been obsessively listening to You Me At Six. I love all their stuff and lately they seem to be my muse for writing a lot. I just turn them on repeat in the background and I sit at my computer and write and write and write. If you haven't heard of them....GO LOOK THEM UP NOW. Seriously. If you like alternative rock, I'd suggest you check them out. They have great stuff.
I'm a little bit upset at the fact that The Walking Dead is over!! Season 3 ended last night with a somber ending and I was sad to see some good characters go. I won't say who in case you haven't watched it yet but this past season has been nothing short of a roller coaster of drama! Now season 4 doesn't come back on until October...it seems so far away...*sigh* Maybe part of the reason The Walking Dead is so good is because you never know what is going to happen and who is going to die. Just when you start to like the character...bam! They sacrifice for the greater good. The suspense is brilliant!
Spring is officially here and with that SHOULD come good weather therefore making it more motivation to sit in the sun and write with a glass of fresh iced tea of course. Chosen is making progress, big progress, though I am still not as far as I would like to be. I've gone back and have been adding more detail and little things that it seems to be offsetting the progress I should be making towards finishing. Thank goodness I have a sweet and very patient editor who is letting me work at a snail's pace on this story. I mean it when I say that I have been working and spending loads of time on this story and I've had a serious lack of sleep because of it. I go to bed late and wake up early then stumble around until I can find caffeine to kick start me into the day. Then of course I have a million and a half things to do in a day before I can sit and write.
So this post today is pretty much pointless. Blah, blah, blah rambling on about nothing. I'm surprised you're still reading this. Anywho, maybe I should announce that there is going to be the first ever Chosen teaser coming very soon!
Seriously. I mean that. A small snippet of Chosen I am planning to reveal as well as revealing another song from the playlist! I need to keep up on these things...now that it's April I will be better about posting. Hopefully.
I need to go make more iced tea now.
